Hi Board. I hope that you can help me here and that this is the correct thread to post this question. My desktop is about 8years old and I have been looking for a better and perhaps mobile solution. I’d be mostly doing personal and freelance work and was looking at HPs gaming laptops and the Omen series. Is anyone using them? Are they a good machine for 3D Sculpting and Gen 3D Viz work? Is there something comparable that is less than the 1500 USD they are asking?
Thanks
Hello @Albert2 ,
Tips on optimizing a computer for ZBrush can be found here.. ZBrush is CPU-based, so it doesn’t require a powerful GPU (though other software might). Something to keep in mind with laptops and mobile devices that it doesn’t matter how powerful a CPU the device has if it can’t sustain the performance under load without throttling due to heat or power demands. Keep cooling in mind when making your selection.
Thanks Spyndel! I keep forgetting that ZBrush is really a ram + cpu machine. I could start looking a desktops as well, but I would definitely need another screen as well.
I have an Omen 015 laptop running zbrush.
Specs: AMD 5800h / 64gb RAM / RTX 3070 8GB / 2TB SSD / 3 external monitors & laptop screen
I often have C4D open, Unreal Engine, ZBrush, VS2022, Affinity and other apps open same time, I think it runs pretty good considering its higher-mid range, came with 16GB RAM, that had to go. Performance of the laptop 3070 is about same as desktop 3060.